localhost only displays blank page in apache

wakkana12 · 12-30-2009, 07:02 AM

good day everyone.. just wanna ask you guys something.. yesterday my apache is working fine and i even tested it with a page having php_info(); function and it works.. however when i tried adding a virtual host in my /etc/httpd/extra/httpd-vhost it didnt worked.. then i tried to restart my apache and it returned error saying this

Code:

httpd: Could not reliably determine the server's fully qualified domain name, using 127.0.0.1 for ServerName

i fixed it by adding a ServerName on my /etc/httpd/httpd.conf and restart my apache but it still displays blank page and now even if i use localhost its still blank.. i tried running a page having php_info(); function but its also blank.. how do i fix it?

and does

Code:

etc/rc.d/rc.httpd restart

different from

Code:

usr/sbin/apachectl restart

centosboy · 12-30-2009, 09:00 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by wakkana12

good day everyone.. just wanna ask you guys something.. yesterday my apache is working fine and i even tested it with a page having php_info(); function and it works.. however when i tried adding a virtual host in my /etc/httpd/extra/httpd-vhost it didnt worked.. then i tried to restart my apache and it returned error saying this

Code:

httpd: Could not reliably determine the server's fully qualified domain name, using 127.0.0.1 for ServerName

i fixed it by adding a ServerName on my /etc/httpd/httpd.conf and restart my apache but it still displays blank page and now even if i use localhost its still blank.. i tried running a page having php_info(); function but its also blank.. how do i fix it?

and does

Code:

etc/rc.d/rc.httpd restart

different from

Code:

usr/sbin/apachectl restart

in your httpd.conf you will need some lines that include and load php module.

something like

LoadModule php5_module modules/libphp5.so

and

AddHandler php5-script .php
AddType text/html .php

and possibly

DirectoryIndex blablah.php

this is configuration taken from a centos box, but i cant imagine slackware being that different..
with centos and php, the php.conf file is located in conf.d and everything in conf.d is included in the httpd.conf file.
hope this makes sense to you...

mattca · 12-30-2009, 09:19 AM

i had this problem too. in order to set up virtual hosts in apache you need to configure localhost as the default virtual host - what apache will serve if no other hosts match.

here are the relevant parts from my extra/httpd-vhosts.conf file:

Code:

<Directory "/var/www/vhosts">
    AllowOverride All
    Order Deny,Allow
    Allow from all
</Directory>

<Directory "/var/www/htdocs">
    AllowOverride All
    Order Deny,Allow
    Allow from all
</Directory>

#
# VirtualHost example:
# Almost any Apache directive may go into a VirtualHost container.
# The first VirtualHost section is used for all requests that do not
# match a ServerName or ServerAlias in any <VirtualHost> block.
#
<VirtualHost *:80>
    DocumentRoot /var/www/htdocs
    ServerName localhost
    ErrorLog /var/log/httpd/error_log
    CustomLog /var/log/httpd/access_log common
</VirtualHost>

<VirtualHost *:80>
    DocumentRoot /var/www/vhosts/<removed>
    ServerName <removed>
    ServerAlias <removed>
    ErrorLog /var/log/httpd/<removed>
    CustomLog /var/log/httpd/<removed> common
</VirtualHost>

wakkana12 · 12-30-2009, 09:58 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by centosboy

in your httpd.conf you will need some lines that include and load php module.

something like

LoadModule php5_module modules/libphp5.so

and

AddHandler php5-script .php
AddType text/html .php

and possibly

DirectoryIndex blablah.php

this is configuration taken from a centos box, but i cant imagine slackware being that different..
with centos and php, the php.conf file is located in conf.d and everything in conf.d is included in the httpd.conf file.
hope this makes sense to you...

yesterday my apache works fine w/o those codes.. may i ask why is that possible?

wakkana12 · 12-30-2009, 10:11 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mattca

i had this problem too. in order to set up virtual hosts in apache you need to configure localhost as the default virtual host - what apache will serve if no other hosts match.

here are the relevant parts from my extra/httpd-vhosts.conf file:

Code:

<Directory "/var/www/vhosts">
    AllowOverride All
    Order Deny,Allow
    Allow from all
</Directory>

<Directory "/var/www/htdocs">
    AllowOverride All
    Order Deny,Allow
    Allow from all
</Directory>

#
# VirtualHost example:
# Almost any Apache directive may go into a VirtualHost container.
# The first VirtualHost section is used for all requests that do not
# match a ServerName or ServerAlias in any <VirtualHost> block.
#
<VirtualHost *:80>
    DocumentRoot /var/www/htdocs
    ServerName localhost
    ErrorLog /var/log/httpd/error_log
    CustomLog /var/log/httpd/access_log common
</VirtualHost>

<VirtualHost *:80>
    DocumentRoot /var/www/vhosts/<removed>
    ServerName <removed>
    ServerAlias <removed>
    ErrorLog /var/log/httpd/<removed>
    CustomLog /var/log/httpd/<removed> common
</VirtualHost>

tnx m8.. works fine! will give you thnx.. ^^ though i have to omit the second part w/c has this part

Code:

<VirtualHost *:80>
    DocumentRoot /var/www/vhosts/<removed>
    ServerName <removed>
    ServerAlias <removed>
    ErrorLog /var/log/httpd/<removed>
    CustomLog /var/log/httpd/<removed> common
</VirtualHost>

when i restart my rc.httpd it says that /var/www/vhost cannot be deleted coz it doesnt exist.. what this part by the way?

AlvaroG · 12-30-2009, 10:14 AM

Check the Apache access log (/var/log/httpd/access_log). If you have an entry there for the requests you are making, I'd rule out Apache as the source of the problem.

Also check the server log (/var/log/httpd/error_log). Maybe you are having a PHP error that is not being shown due to the error_reporting value. But if log_errors is enabled (that is the name of the property in php.ini, IIRC) you should have the error logged in that file.

Also, what happens if you try...?
- load a static, plain HTML page
- run a PHP file from the command line

Edit: too late, but good that you found a solution :-)

mattca · 12-30-2009, 10:17 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by wakkana12

when i restart my rc.httpd it says that /var/www/vhost cannot be deleted coz it doesnt exist.. what this part by the way?

that's because the config i posted is specific to my system, and i have all my vhosts in /var/www/vhosts. you'll have to change it to match your system.

and, no problem glad it helped!

[edit: and the <removed> part is the server name that i'd like to keep private. customize to match your vhost.]

wakkana12 · 12-30-2009, 08:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mattca

that's because the config i posted is specific to my system, and i have all my vhosts in /var/www/vhosts. you'll have to change it to match your system.

and, no problem glad it helped!

[edit: and the <removed> part is the server name that i'd like to keep private. customize to match your vhost.]

so that second part is used to remove the virtual host? i mean it would delete the file?

mattca · 12-31-2009, 01:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by wakkana12

so that second part is used to remove the virtual host? i mean it would delete the file?

no, nothing in apache config should delete files that i know of.

wakkana12 · 01-02-2010, 02:27 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mattca

no, nothing in apache config should delete files that i know of.

hmmmm.. then whats the use of the second part?